Bakeation

Synopsis

En route the boys feed their bellies and their hearts, meeting everyone from home bakers to Michelin-starred patissiers to learn the secrets of their baking success. They also catch up with friends and relatives to see what great home cooks produce to feed their families. As the bikers go on their freewheeling trip through Europe, they stop to cook their own dishes, inspired by the country they're visiting and the local ingredients they discover. It's the journey of a lifetime and there's a fair bit of madness thrown in as they find plenty of time to party at the locals' festivities and cultural events as well as taking in must-see sights and activities.

Excellent show, really well put together, informative and makes me want to visit Norway! Anyone know what the music was that was playing when they were making the bread and the boat come up to dock (about 9 mins in)?

hi! need recipe for the panchini bread, I am gluten free guy and tried nearly all recipes for bread but not to my taste. The aformentioned looks terrific as it is light, which is what I need for my diet. Luckly my partner is a chef and would love to bake this bread for me. thank you

Love the new series, saving up for the book now!!
Can you settle an argument? The chips, sorry, frites that you had in Bruges, had 2 sauces. One was obviously tomato, what was the other one? Hubby says it was mayo, I'm not convinced. Can you remember??? (Or if anyone else knows.....)

After watching the Norway episode I was looking forward to the Low Countries but as I live in Brugge I was disappointed they visited not a single belgian baker. Even the smallest village often has 2 proper bakers (warm) offering a huge variety of standard bread plus specialities of the village/district/region etc... plus a huge selection of pastries, tarts and deserts. really had been expecting better than the usual chocolate/mannekin pis jokes

Last week we were channelhopping to search for something worth to watch, and then we got stuck on BB2 with this. In one word: fabulous show! Lots of humor an d nice to see that you enjoyed our nice sweets and pastry. I hope you have as much as fun in Germany, your next stop.

love the german show tonight.boys enjoyed everything you've done so far... looking forward to making bierrocks when i can get hold of the recipe... hope you guys are posting these... keep up the great work your doing...peace

Love the Bakeation show, you guys are very entertaining. My boyfriend bought me the book as a surprise (I was raving about your show) so I was delighted with the book. I have the rye flour and yeast ready to go to make that wonderful rye bread, you make it look so easy though!

Fantastic show. Austria was a blast! One question: have you noticed how Dave is the spitting image of the French presidential candidate, Francois Hollande? What's going on there? Hairy Bikers plan to rule France!

I love the show ;) totally inspiring and so funny too. I've baked a few things out of the new book. Can't fail with the scandinavian tea ring or slovakian fruit crumble. Roll on the weekend for time to try and chocolate and hazelnut cake!

I have just watched the Italy show. Very good of course, but what an opportunity they have missed! They have only gone as far South as Tuscany, whereas the land of baking in Italy is Southern Italy, particularly Apulia. What a shame! I hope they read this and get interested enough to ask for more infos!

Love the show so much I just had to get the book. I have just attempted to make George's Fantatsic Gingerbread page 152 from the book. I followed the recipe carefully but the mixture did not form a dough it was more like a batter. Is the recipe printed correctly? It seemed alot of honey. Help!!!

Watched the show last night on iPlayer ... Loved it! Can you tell me what the make and model of that oven you used to bake in france was, it was a camping gas oven with two rings... I really want one of those we go camping in France loads and they would be life changing having an oven!!!

Just watched the final episode - Spain. I'd never been bothered by Spain, neither the scenery nor cuisine.

You've changed my mind on both! I could really fancy going to northern or western Spain, and as for the food - quite probably the best in the series. (I've got the book!)

A keen baker, mainly bread (as my missus does all the arty stuff), I've not used spelt in quite a while. That will change by the end of the week, as I'll be going to my bread flour supplier (30 miles each way, in the Low Peak) and they do good spelt.

Hi,I love to watch the hairy bikers.
I am Belgian and live in the Dutch part of Belgium in Dilsen-Stokkem.Making the recipes from you 2 gives me great pleasure and my wife eats it al with taste.
I am going to try the Bierroks now.But instead of cabbage I am using muschrooms.I am a great fan of Britain and hope to visit your country soon again.

HELLO SI AND DAVE, I AM WATCHING THE RERUN AND ENJOYING IT, LOVE TO SEE THE COOKING AND THE PLACES YOU VISITED ALL OVER, ITS WONDERFUL TO GO TO THOSE PLACES FROM MY LIVINGROOM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HAVE A WONDERFUL LIFE, DAVE HAVE A DANCING TIME, LOVE LUCY***

In the Bakation Spanish episode you use rye flour, whereas in the written recipe you don't mention it.
Would it make a difference to use rye or not?
BTW, I love all your shows, and have tried some recipes.

Great series, fantastic food, wonderful entertainment, but as a Portuguese citizen i must confess that i was a little disappointed because you finish your "Bakeation" in Spain and didn't came to Portugal that has a great tradition in fantastic cakes and deserts. I wish you could visit my country to try the most famous pasteis de belém or the sericaia or even Don rodrigos between many more traditional and regional sweets that we have here. continue all the wonderful work.

Please, please, please release the series on DVD!! It only came to Australia on pay TV, and I so very much want to share the Bakeation love with my parents, fans of the Hairy Bikers and avid cooks who haven't been to Europe since their honeymoon in 1978! I know they will get such a kick out of it!

Guys i really love to see your programs. You are truly gifted, charming, nice and very amusing. I would like to inform you that Portugal has a long history of good food, pastery and deserts...and other things. I was very disapointed to see that you "finished" your Europe tour on Spain. Yeah, ok, they have great tapas, but we have great, tasty, spicy, and confort food for every one's delight. Please do not forget to visit us on your next European visit. I really appreciate your approach to food, and would very much like to see an episod filmed on Portugal. Till then. Great success.

I have been watching the Bakeation series from the Low Countries to France. Really great show not just for the cooking (which is always good) but for the travel as well and of course the special Hairy Bikers brand of humour. I know the series has been on before but I watched France on Monday 18th August expecting Spain to be on the next day, but instead they showed a show from another Hairy Bikers series. So what's happed to Spain I was really looking forward to this episode having seen all the others.

Why did we not get Bakeation Spain?
We live in Canada an did not see this on BBCi for some reason and I've scoured the internet for that episode.. I can find everything but!
Anyone direct me to the right place to find this episode.
PLEEEEEEEEEASE!